How do Araujo and Branthwaite compare?

Branthwaite has more season points (40 vs 37), Araujo is more owned (4% vs 2.2%), Araujo is cheaper (5.4m vs 5.5m), Branthwaite has the higher Start rate (89% vs 78%), but Araujo has easier upcoming fixtures (average fixture difficulty 2.80 vs 3.00).

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Comparing 2 defenders

Branthwaite wins most stats

Liverpool

LIV · 5.4m

7 stats won

Everton

EVE · 5.5m

17 stats won

Who wins more stats: Araujo or Branthwaite?

Branthwaite wins 17 of 24 stats

Branthwaite wins 17 of the 24 stats with an outright best. Others: Araujo 7.

Points: Araujo: 37Branthwaite: 40
xGI (6 gw): Araujo: 0.05Branthwaite: 0.05
Price: Araujo: £5.4mBranthwaite: £5.5m

Which sections does each player win?

Stats won by each player, by section
Section	Araujo	Branthwaite
Price & ownership	1	2
Playing time	0	4
Recent form	3	2
Season totals	0	4
Set pieces	0	0
Bonus	0	2
Fixtures	1	0
FPL ranks	2	3
Total	7	17

A stat counts when one player is strictly best. Ties and availability are not counted.

How do their key stats compare?

Each spoke is scaled against the best DEF in the game. Hover for values.

Araujo: Points 37, xGI (6 gw) 0.05, BPS 117, Mins (6 gw) 75, DC (6 gw) 6.7, Upcoming FDR 2.80. Branthwaite: Points 40, xGI (6 gw) 0.05, BPS 146, Mins (6 gw) 74, DC (6 gw) 8.0, Upcoming FDR 3.00.

A tick marks the best value. Grey figures show how far each other player is from it.

Who is more expensive and more owned?

Branthwaite leads 2 of 3

Who is more expensive and more owned?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Price	5.4m−0.1m vs best	5.5m(best)
Ownership	4%(best)	2.2%−2% vs best

Top 10k ownership	0.2%−0.3% vs best	0.5%(best)

Availability	Available	Available

See alsoTop 10k ownership

Who starts and plays more minutes?

Branthwaite leads 4 of 4

Who starts and plays more minutes?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Starts	7−1 vs best	8(best)

Start rate	78%−11% vs best	89%(best)

Minutes (season)	573−138 vs best	711(best)

Avg minutes	64−15 vs best	79(best)

Who has better recent form?

Araujo leads 3 of 5

Who has better recent form?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Mins (6 gw)	75(best)	74−1 vs best

xG (6 gw)	0.04(best)	0.03−0.01 vs best

xA (6 gw)	0.01−0.01 vs best	0.02(best)

xGI (6 gw)	0.05	0.05
DC (6 gw)	6.67−1.33 vs best	8.00(best)

xGC (6 gw) · lower is better	0.83(best)	0.95+0.12 vs best

Who has scored more this season?

Branthwaite leads 4 of 4

Who has scored more this season?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Points	37−3 vs best	40(best)

Goals	0	0
Assists	0	0
Total xG	0.25−0.10 vs best	0.35(best)

Total xA	0.09−0.04 vs best	0.13(best)

DC (season)	55−24 vs best	79(best)

Clean sheets	4	4

See alsoDefender stat leaders

Who takes the set pieces?

No outright winner

Who takes the set pieces?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Corners & indirect FKs	—	—
Direct free kicks	—	—
Penalties	—	—
Penalties missed · lower is better	0	0

Who is collecting more bonus?

Branthwaite leads 2 of 2

Who is collecting more bonus?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
BPS	117−29 vs best	146(best)

BPS (6 gw)	14.7−2.5 vs best	17.2(best)

Bonus	3	3
Bonus (6 gw)	0.5	0.5

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?

Araujo leads 1 of 1

Who has easier upcoming fixtures?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Next 5 GWs	CRY (A) 10 MUN (H) 11 EVE (A) 12 SUN (H) 13 CHE (A) 14	COV (H) 10 BRE (A) 11 LIV (H) 12 AVL (A) 13 FUL (H) 14
Avg FDR · lower is better	2.80(best)	3.00+0.20 vs best

See alsoSeason calendar Team rating Projected goals and clean sheet probability

How do their official FPL ranks compare?

Branthwaite leads 3 of 5

How do their official FPL ranks compare?
Stat	Araujo	Branthwaite
Form	3.8(best) 29th DEF · 74th overall	3.2 39th DEF · 103rd overall
ICT index	18.9 71st DEF · 203rd overall	36.6(best) 20th DEF · 77th overall
Selected	32nd DEF(best) 86th overall	47th DEF 125th overall
Points per game	4.1 36th DEF · 81st overall	5.0(best) 16th DEF · 38th overall
Cost rank	22nd DEF 176th overall	16th DEF(best) 146th overall

What do the bookies expect from their next fixtures?

AraujoLIV
1. LIV v CRY away, gameweek 10: 1.91 projected goals, 37% clean sheet chance
2. LIV v MUN home, gameweek 11: 1.70 projected goals, 37% clean sheet chance
BranthwaiteEVE
1. EVE v COV home, gameweek 10: 1.64 projected goals, 40% clean sheet chance
2. EVE v BRE away, gameweek 11: 0.97 projected goals, 22% clean sheet chance

Over their next 2 fixtures: Araujo (LIV) 0.7 expected clean sheets, Branthwaite (EVE) 0.6 expected clean sheets.

Team projections from bookmaker odds; shaded by clean sheet chance. All projections

Who is over- or under-performing their expected stats?

Goals vs xG

Araujo−0.3Araujo: 0 goals from 0.25 xG (−0.3)
Branthwaite−0.3Branthwaite: 0 goals from 0.35 xG (−0.3)

Everyone is within half a goal of expected.

Assists vs xA

Araujo−0.1Araujo: 0 assists from 0.09 xA (−0.1)
Branthwaite−0.1Branthwaite: 0 assists from 0.13 xA (−0.1)

Everyone is within half a assist of expected.

Goals conceded vs xGC · fewer is better

Araujo−2.3Araujo: 4 conceded from 6.32 xGC (−2.3)
Branthwaite−3.5Branthwaite: 7 conceded from 10.53 xGC (−3.5)

Branthwaite has conceded 3.5 fewer than xGC.

Where do their FPL points come from?

Araujo · 37 pts40% from clean sheets
−3 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions
Branthwaite · 40 pts37% from appearances
−3 from goals conceded, cards and other deductions

Season points by source
Source	Araujo	Branthwaite
Appearances	15	16
Clean sheets	16	16
Defensive contribution	6	8
Bonus	3	3
Deductions	−3	−3
Total	37	40

Worked out match by match from FPL's scoring rules; deductions are what's left against FPL's total.

Who scores against good teams?

Easy (FDR 1–2)

Araujo7.0(2)
Branthwaite5.7(3)

Medium (FDR 3)

Araujo0.5(2)
Branthwaite6.0(3)

Hard (FDR 4–5)

Araujo4.4(5)
Branthwaite2.5(2)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Against hard opponents: Araujo 4.4 points per game, Branthwaite 2.5 points per game.

Who is better at home, and who away?

Home

Araujo4.0(5)
Branthwaite4.5(4)

Away

Araujo4.3(4)
Branthwaite5.5(4)

Points per game in matches played (games in brackets). Away from home: Branthwaite 5.5 points per game, Araujo 4.3 points per game.

Araujo0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 11 LIV goals
Branthwaite0%
0 goals and 0 assists of 9 EVE goals

Araujo is involved in 0% of LIV's goals, against 0% for Branthwaite.

Who is a rotation risk?

Araujo3 of 9 full games
3 × 90 minutes, 3 × 60–89, 3 × 1–59
Branthwaite7 of 9 full games
7 × 90 minutes, 1 × 60–89, 1 × Didn't play

Is each player a creator or a goal threat?

Influence

Araujo122.0
Branthwaite208.0

Creativity

Araujo26.8
Branthwaite33.8

Threat

Araujo40.0
Branthwaite125.0

FPL's season ICT scores. Araujo's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence; Branthwaite's biggest score is influence, an all-round influence.

Who are managers buying this gameweek?

Araujo+19.1k4.3k out23.4k in
Branthwaite−6.2k9.0k out2.8k in

Araujo has the most net transfers in this gameweek (+19.1k).

Which player gives more points per million?

Every DEF who has played, by price and season points. Above the line is better value than the median.

Of 159 defenders who have played: Araujo 6.9 points per £m (34th), Branthwaite 7.3 points per £m (27th). Median 3.3.

How have their stats tracked by gameweek?

From To

Araujo
Branthwaite

Who has scored more points over these gameweeks?

Points over GW 4 to 9: Araujo 28, Branthwaite 27.

How far ahead is Araujo? Above zero Araujo leads; below, Branthwaite.

Araujo is 1 point ahead of Branthwaite over these gameweeks. Araujo's biggest lead was 6 (GW 8); Branthwaite's was 4 (GW 6).

Who hauls more often, and who blanks?

GW 4
Araujo, gameweek 4: 6 points v FUL home, 71 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 4: 6 points v TOT away, 90 minutes
GW 5
Araujo, gameweek 5: 7 points v BOU away, 90 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 5: 8 points v IPS home, 90 minutes
GW 6
Araujo, gameweek 6: 0 points v MCI home, 74 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 6: 3 points v HUL away, 90 minutes
GW 7
Araujo, gameweek 7: 1 points v BRE away, 45 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 7: 1 points v CHE home, 90 minutes
GW 8
Araujo, gameweek 8: 10 points v BHA home, 90 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 8: 0 points v ARS away, 0 minutes
GW 9
Araujo, gameweek 9: 4 points v ARS home, 80 minutes
Branthwaite, gameweek 9: 9 points v NEW away, 81 minutes

Araujo: 1 haul (10+), 2 blanks (0–2); Branthwaite: 0 hauls (10+), 2 blanks (0–2).

Points

Values by gameweek

Points by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	6	6
5	7	8
6	0	3
7	1	1
8	10	0
9	4	9

Minutes

Values by gameweek

Minutes by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	71	90
5	90	90
6	74	90
7	45	90
8	90	0
9	80	81

Expected goals (xG)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals (xG) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.05
7	0.00	0.06
8	0.06	0.00
9	0.19	0.07

Expected assists (xA)

Values by gameweek

Expected assists (xA) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.01	0.00
6	0.01	0.02
7	0.00	0.01
8	0.01	0.00
9	0.01	0.08

Expected goal involvements (xGI)

Values by gameweek

Expected goal involvements (xGI) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0.00	0.00
5	0.01	0.00
6	0.01	0.07
7	0.00	0.07
8	0.07	0.00
9	0.20	0.15

Defensive contribution

Values by gameweek

Defensive contribution by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	4	9
5	5	14
6	6	10
7	2	8
8	11	0
9	12	7

Expected goals conceded (xGC)

Values by gameweek

Expected goals conceded (xGC) by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0.60	0.69
5	0.79	1.44
6	0.72	1.33
7	0.55	1.47
8	1.32	0.00
9	0.98	0.79

Goals

Values by gameweek

Goals by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Assists

Values by gameweek

Assists by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
9	0	0

Ownership

Values by gameweek

Ownership by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	2.7%	1.9%
5	2.9%	2.4%
6	3.1%	2.8%
7	3.2%	2.4%
8	3.2%	2.4%
9	3.9%	2.2%

Price

Values by gameweek

Price by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	£5.4m	£5.5m
5	£5.4m	£5.5m
6	£5.4m	£5.5m
7	£5.4m	£5.5m
8	£5.4m	£5.5m
9	£5.4m	£5.5m

Top 10k ownership

Values by gameweek

Top 10k ownership by gameweek
GW	Araujo	Branthwaite
4	—	—
5	0.2%	1.4%
6	0.2%	1.0%
7	0.1%	0.6%
8	0.1%	0.7%
9	0.2%	0.5%